INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
representing the family of the eight-year-old raped and killed in Jammu and Kashmir's Kathua has said she will go to the Supreme Court to
request protection as there is a threat to her life
Deepika S Rajawat says she fears she can be "raped or killed"."I don't know how long I will be alive
I can be rapedMy modesty can be outraged
I can be killed, I can be damaged
I was threatened yesterday that 'we will not forgive you'
I am going to tell the Supreme Court tomorrow that I am in danger," Ms Rajawat said on Sunday.This morning, the girl's father requested the
Supreme Court to shift the trial to Chandigarh, citing a backlash and security fears for his family."We don't think there is conducive
repeatedly, and keptThe rape, which has left India shocked and angry and driven thousands of protesters to the streets, goes into trial from
Six men, including a retired revenue official, two police officers and a minor have been accused of kidnapping, gang-raping and murdering
the little girl from the nomadic Bakherwal community in Kathua in January
Two more policemen have been charged with trying to cover up the crime for money.The Jammu and Kashmir government has appointed two special
public prosecutors, both Sikhs
a retired government officer, has been accused of planning the kidnapping, gang-rape and murder of the eight-year-old girl in KathuaThe
girl's body was found on January 17
After the accused were arrested, a group called the Hindu Ekta Manch took out protests in which two BJP ministers and a lawyers' body linked
to the Congress participated
and kept sedated and without food before being strangled
Her head was also bashed in with a large rock
present the police from submitting the chargesheet.
